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Mpox belongs to the same virus family as smallpox, but produces milder symptoms including fever, chills and body aches. Serious cases can lead to lesions on the face, hand, chest and genitals.
The UKHSA stated that the risk to the general public remained "very low". [71] [73] Patients with active mpox infection were confirmed to be hospitalised at the Royal Victoria Infirmary in Newcastle upon Tyne and at the Royal Free Hospital and Guy's Hospital in London. [71]
Mpox Monitoring and Risk Assessment for Persons Exposed in the Community, CDC. Mpox Vaccine Recommendations, CDC. Mpox (monkeypox) Questions and answers, WHO. Mpox (monkeypox) Fact sheets, WHO.
The risk of this subtype of mpox to the U.S. could be mitigated by a number of factors, including immunity from vaccination and previous infection from the outbreak of a different variant that ...
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The UK Health Security Agency say the risk of mpox infection is ‘low for most travellers’
various dates between 1970 and present, outbreaks of human mpox in the Democratic Republic of the Congo where the disease is enzootic. 1971 and 2017–present outbreaks of human mpox in Nigeria; 2003 Midwest monkeypox outbreak, in the United States (human infections traced to animals imported from Ghana) 2022–2023 mpox outbreak, a global outbreak